21st September

After a stormy night that brought the heaviest rainfall for some weeks dawn broke clear and bright but no less windy. The clear skies prompted a surge in Meadow Pipit passage, with 1200 through at the Bill where another 700 were grounded; single of Grey Heron, Merlin and Golden Plover were also on the move overhead, whilst 4 White Wagtails were the pick of the otherwise meagre offerings on the ground. With the wind having veered into the northwest sea passage was limited to just 4 Balearic Shearwaters through off the Bill, with a brief Grey Phalarope at Chesil Cove and a grounded Gannet at Ferrybridge the only other seabirds of note.